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Field number database
Every cactus collected from the wild carries a code: FR 207, L 756, PP 1368. Trace any specimen back to the collector, the date, the locality, the GPS pin.
A cactus collector field-number database is a tool used to identify wild specimens by searching for collector acronyms and field numbers — for example, FR 207 refers to the 207th plant logged by Friedrich Ritter, a Copiapoa cinerea he found near Taltal, Chile in 1954. Each record traces the plant back to where it was collected (locality), the date collected, and the collector's name — acting as a "birth certificate" for the specimen.
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